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--- Suresh Rajagopalan <sureshvr19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Bhagavatas:
> We have heard a lot on the subject. 
> Can we close the discussions with this last posting 
> and move on?
> Thanks.
> Dasoham
> Anbil Ramaswamy
> Editor


Dear SrImAn Anbil,
Thank you for closing the thread.

Just a few words from my side so that I can conclude a discussion
that was started by me.

The principal message adiyane sought to convey was:

If there is a choice of celebrating our children's b/day
("tirunakshatram") differently and more meaningfully, why not shed
the alien practice of 'cakes and candles' and switch to a
traditionally Indian way? In the process we can perhaps also ensure
'veda-vedavith- samrakshaNam' (nurturing of Vedas and livelihood for
Vedic chanteurs)?

Ultimately, how one wishes to celebrate the b/day of one's child is a
matter of individual choice... If "cakes and candles" symbolize or
signify for us the same thing as "kEsari", there is really no further
discussion, is there?

And BTW, adiyane checked it out with someone more knowledgeable than
me here in Kuwait about reciting Upanishads while observing an
auspicious event (e.g. a child's b/day). I'm told there is no bar at
all. It is said that except for "kATa-prashnam" of the Upanishads
(which is not to be recited in homes) the rest is eminently fit to be
recited on all occasions. If there is a contrary view to this, it
becomes then a debate for the pundits, and not certainly for me,
anyway.

A final word for my good friend, SrImAn Rajagopalan Raghunathan of
Kuwait. Adiyane's note was not one of personal praise but
appreciation of the choice you made in celebrating your son's b/day
in a novel way. May God bless the child with long and healthy life.

Thank you all for your vigorous and interesting views.

Regards,
dAsan,
Sudarshan



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